Ann Peebles - Part Time Love '1971

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For reasons seemingly lost to history, Ann Peebles second album, Part Time Love,
featured four songs that were lifted from her debut LP, This Is Ann Peebles,
which came and went with little notice less than a year earlier. Despite the
recycling of Its Your Thing, Crazy About You Baby, Give Me Some Credit, and
Solid Foundation, Part Time Love does have a different overall feel that sets it
apart from Peebles first set. Peebles hardly seemed like a beginner on This Is
Ann Peebles, but shes even more confident on Part Time Loves new material, with
a tougher and more soulful edge announcing itself on Ill Get Along and the title
cut, and while the Hi Records house band are as tight as ever here, the newer
songs have a funkier energy that suggests how much was changing in R&B as the
1960s gave way to the 70s. Part Time Love also isnt filled with a number of
instantly recognizable covers like the debut, forcing fans to make a mental
comparison between Peebles and the likes of Aretha Franklin (though this does
carry over This Is Ann Peebles take on the Isley Brothers Its Your Thing), and
Peebles puts her brand on several new tunes on this album, giving them a fresh
and vibrant reading thats passionate and effective. If Part Time Love is flawed,
its because this really seems more like half an album -- running a mere 27
minutes and featuring four songs from Peebles barely cold debut album, this is a
curiously skimpy effort from a singer as accomplished as this, though thats not
the sort of complaint thats likely to register when youre listing to music as
beautifully crafted as this.


Tracks:

A1 Part Time Love 2:48 
A2 Ill Get Along 2:09 
A3 I Still Love You 3:21 
A4 Make Me Yours 2:52 
A5 Its Your Thing 2:30 

B1 Generation Gap Between Us 2:20 
B2 Crazy About You Baby 2:40 
B3 Give Me Some Credit 3:03 
B4 Steal Away 3:13 
B5 Solid Foundation 2:13

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